Letter to Augustus E. Silliman. New Haven, CT 1840 Oct. 1.
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Silliman, Augustus E. (Augustus Ely), 1807-1884
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Hillhouse, James Abraham, 1789-1841
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James Abraham Hillhouse (September 26, 1789 - January 4, 1841) was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the eldest child of James and Rebecca (Woolsey) Hillhouse. Hillhouse entered Yale at the age of 13, withdrew before the end of his freshman year, but eventually received an A.B. degree with the class of 1808. When his business plans were interrupted by the War of 1812, he relocated to New Haven from Boston, where he had resided for three years after his graduation. In 1819 he visited E...